Looking forward to seeing how this turns out. Hopefully they go the iPad route and have a cheaper wifi only version as well as I don't need/want 3g.

In any case, I have the most faith that Google will put out a tablet that matches the good parts of the iPad (battery life, form factor, screen quality etc.) and fixes the gripes I have with it (no file system, drag and drop, no flash, no usb ports etc.).

Really? You must have had a bad experience. I think they are all a bit shady and less than truthful, but I'd be interested in hearing why.

I was actually considering going with a Google phone and Verizon...

We had Verizon for about 15 years and ditched them a couple years ago. We felt their customer service was below par and their rate plans were not competitive. Verizon also has a tendency to charge extra for nice features like Visual Voicemail.

My experience with Verizon vs AT&T is that Verizon has far better coverage where my family uses their phones the most. CS is typical but I get decent discounts because I have Verizon for my TV, Internet, and landline.

Verizon's attitude from the beginning has been "We don't care about our customers. We don't have to; we're The Phone Company." Where they have a monopoly they act like a monopolist, and where they don't have a monopoly, they do anyway. They have the worst customer service, the most hidden charges, and the most questionable ethics (and that's saying a lot for a phone company!) of any provider I've dealt with, aside from one very bad incident with MCI, years ago ... and we know what happened to them.